The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its seventeenth session, which was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 8 to 12 August 2016. At the closing meeting, the Advisory Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United Nations Human…

SdeM: Good afternoon. Much is happening, and it has been a long meeting on the humanitarian taskforce for obvious reasons. There have been a lot of new developments this week in terms of military activities and militarization of the conflict and that the so called “battle for Aleppo” is becoming…

Valentin Zellweger, the new Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to assuming his position in Geneva, Mr. Zellweger held the position of…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health…

Andrius Krivas, the new Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Krivas served as the Vice-Minister of Foreign…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the UN TV and Radio Section, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Organization for Migration.South SudanChristophe Boulierac, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (…

The seventeenth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will take place from 8 to 12 August 2016 in Room XX at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the Committee will continue its discussions on thematic studies requested by the Council, including on unaccompanied…

RER. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I will give a general overview of the situation with a particular emphasis on the political process, then Jan Egeland will get into more details about the humanitarian situation, as discussed today during the taskforce. Last week, Special Envoy de…

Statement by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic GENEVA, 3 August 2016 -- Two years ago today, in the early hours of 3 August 2014, ISIS fighters left their bases and brutally attacked the Yazidis of Sinjar, a distinct religious group whose beliefs and…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the International Organization…